So The STARSHIP TROOPERS Re-adaptation Will Be Wimpier Than Verhoeven's 1997 Movie, But The Good News Is...

Toby Jaffe is producing Len Wiseman's forthcoming remake of TOTAL RECALL, and is also toiling away on a re-adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein's STARSHIP TROOPERS - previously brought to the big screen in a subverse, ultra-violent, FX-laden action yarn by the great Paul Verhoeven. So, two Verhoeven classic pictures...both being re-approached by the same producer.

Empire spoke with Jaffe about STARSHIP TROOPERS and the subject naturally turned to the issues of ratings and violence.

Says Jaffe...

"The more expensive a film is, the harder it is now to make it that violent,"

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"With Recall in particular, we made a conscious choice to keep it tonally closer to something like Minority Report. It gives the studio, and us as producers, the opportunity to reintroduce it in a new way."

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...our job is to be a little more faithful to the book, and ground it a little more."

On the plus side, Jaffe suggests that we'll be seeing elements from the book which were not (or could not) be realized back on Verhoeven's production. Like - Jump Suits! Which could be amazingly cool if handled correctly right. Perhaps they'll also go for something like this gag from the often excellent ROUGHNECKS: STARSHIP TROOPERS CHRONICLES series? Check out 6:41...